History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1213
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1213
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*Kāmadhenuvrata*—for five days from K Kr 11; tithi; Śrī and Viṣṇu devatā; lighting lamps at night in the house, cowpen, *caityas*, temples of gods, roads, cemeteries, tanks, dice play at night with wife and relatives; fast on Ekādaśī and bathing Viṣṇu image with cow's milk or ghee, for four days; giving of a *dāna* called Kāmadhenu, HV II. 344-348 (from Vahnipurāṇa) This serves also as a prāyaścitta for all sins. Vide H. of Dh. vol. II. pp 874-875 for description of Kāmadhenu *dāna*.